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1. XIX, 5 {18). => See Yt. XIII, 142. " Cf. § 36. ' Or 'the demon.' ® This Hne is in contradiction with w^hat we know of the Frangra- syan legend, unless the text is corrupt and the name of Frangrasyan has been introduced here by mistake (for Keresaspa?). Yet it may allude to brighter sides, unknown to us, of the Turanian hero : the Bull (gauj) may be his brother Aghraeratha, the Bull-man (Gopatishah) ; see p. 114, note 7. ' See §77. X 2 308 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. That king Vt^t^spa bore, when he victoriously maintained HoHness against the host of the fiends and took off the Dru^ from the world of the good principle ^ 94. He ^, with the eye of intelligence ", shall look down upon all the creatures of the Paei'i^ "*, her of the evil seed : he shall look upon the whole living world with the eye of plenty, and his look shall deliver to immortality the whole of the living creatures. 95. And there shall his friends ^ come forward, the friends of AstvaZ-ereta, who are fiend-smiting, well-thinking, well-speaking, well-doing, following the good law, and whose tongues have never uttered a word of falsehood. Before them shall Aeshma of the wounding spear, who has no Glory, bow and flee ; he shall smite the most wicked Dru^, her of the evil seed, born of darkness. 96. Akem-Mano '^ smites, but Vohu-Mano shall smite him ; the Word of falsehood smites, but the Word of truth shall smite it. Haurvata/ and Ame- reta/' shall smite both hunofer and thirst: Haur- vata/ and Amereta/ shall smite the evil hunger and the evil thirst. The evil-doing Angra Mainyu bows and flees, becoming powerless. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... 97. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ^ Cf. § 84. 2 Saoshyaw/. ' Cf. Yt. I, 28. * A name of the Dru_^. ^ See p. 220, note i. ® See p. 297, note 4. ' The Genii of the waters and of the plants (cf. Vend. Introd. iv, 34). ZAMYAD YA^T. 309 I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness ; of the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; of the Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda \ Ashem Vohia : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man ^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Cf §0. 2 Who sacrifices to the kingly Glory. 310 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. XX. VAN ANT VAST.
2hia : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man ^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Cf §0. 2 Who sacrifices to the kingly Glory. 310 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. XX. VAN ANT VAST. This Yast ought to follow immediately after the Tir Yajt, as it is derived from the same Sirozah formula ; the one in which Ti.f- trya is invoked along with Vana«/ and Haptoiriwga (Sirozah, § 13). It is a mere supplement to that Yajt. On Vana«/, see p. 97, note 6. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced 1 . . . . Ashem Vohfi : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thujtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness .... Unto the star Vana;^/, made by Mazda, Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 1. We sacrifice unto the star Vana;//, made by Mazda, the holy and master of holiness. I will sacrifice unto Vanan^, strong, invoked by his own name ^ healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most fiDul Khrafstras ^ of the most abominable Angra Mainyu. 2. Yatha ahij vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the star Vana;//, made by Mazda. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ See p. 13, note 2. ^ The reptiles and other Ahrimanian creatures (Vendidad, Introd. V, 11) which are destroyed by the rain (Bund. VII, 7). ^ Who sacrifices to Vanaw/. YA5'T FRAGMENT. 3 ^ ^ XXI AND XXII. YA^-T FRAGMENTS. These two Yajts or Ya^t fragments are known among the Parsis as the Hadhokht Nask, though their context does not correspond to any part of the description of that Nask as given in the Din- kart (West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 224, note 8). A Pahlavi translation of these Ya^ts has been edited by Haug and West (The Book of Arda Viraf, p. 269 seq.). XXI. YA^'T FRAGMENT. Yajt XXI is a eulogy of the AshemVohu prayer, the value of which rises higher and higher, according as the circumstances under which it is being recited are of greater importance. 1.
3ug and West (The Book of Arda Viraf, p. 269 seq.). XXI. YA^'T FRAGMENT. Yajt XXI is a eulogy of the AshemVohu prayer, the value of which rises higher and higher, according as the circumstances under which it is being recited are of greater importance. 1. Zarathu^tra asked Ahura Mazda: 'O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the mate- rial world, thou Holy One! ' What is the only word in which is contained the glorification of all good things, of all the things that are the offspring of the good principle ?' 2. Ahura Mazda answered : ' It is the praise of Holiness \ O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! 3. ' He who recites the praise of Holiness\ in the fulness of faith and with a devoted heart, praises me, Ahura Mazda ; he praises the waters, he praises the earth, he praises the catde, he praises the plants, he praises all good things made by Mazda, all the things that are the offspring of the good principle. 4. ' For the reciting of that word of truth, O Zarathu^tra ! the pronouncing of that formula, the Ahuna Vairya, increases strength and victory in one's soul and piety. ' Asha: the Ashem Vohu.. C!T2 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. 5. ' For that only recital of the praise of Holiness is worth a hundred khshnaothras of the beings of Holiness \ when delivered while going to sleep, a thousand when delivered after eating, ten thousand when delivered during cohabitation, or any number when delivered in departing this life.' 6. ' What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth ten others in greatness, good- ness, and fairness ? ' 7. Ahura Mazda answered : ' It is that one, O holy Zarathu-ytra ! that a man delivers when eating the gifts of Haurvata/ and Amereta/^ at the same time professing good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, and rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.' 8. ' What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth a hundred others in great- ness, goodness, and fairness ? ' 9. Ahura Mazda answered : 'It is that one, O holy Zarathui'tra ! that a man delivers while drinking of the Haoma strained for the sacrifice, at the same time professing good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, and rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.' 10. 'What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth a thousand others In great- ness, goodness, and fairness ? ' 11. Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is that one, O holy Zarathui-tra ! that a man delivers when starting * A hundred times the formula: 'Be propitiation (khshnao- thra) unto N, . . . , the holy and master of holiness' (cf p.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1. XIX, 5 {18). => See Yt. XIII, 142. " Cf. § 36. ' Or 'the demon.' ® This Hne is in contradiction with w^hat we know of the Frangra- syan legend, unless the text is corrupt and the name of Frangrasyan has been introduced here by mistake (for Keresaspa?). Yet it may allude to brighter sides, unknown to us, of the Turanian hero : the Bull (gauj) may be his brother Aghraeratha, the Bull-man (Gopatishah) ; see p. 114, note 7. ' See §77. X 2 308 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. That king Vt^t^spa bore, when he victoriously maintained HoHness against the host of the fiends and took off the Dru^ from the world of the good principle ^ 94. He ^, with the eye of intelligence ", shall look down upon all the creatures of the Paei'i^ "*, her of the evil seed : he shall look upon the whole living world with the eye of plenty, and his look shall deliver to immortality the whole of the living creatures. 95. And there shall his friends ^ come forward, the friends of AstvaZ-ereta, who are fiend-smiting, well-thinking, well-speaking, well-doing, following the good law, and whose tongues have never uttered a word of falsehood. Before them shall Aeshma of the wounding spear, who has no Glory, bow and flee ; he shall smite the most wicked Dru^, her of the evil seed, born of darkness. 96. Akem-Mano '^ smites, but Vohu-Mano shall smite him ; the Word of falsehood smites, but the Word of truth shall smite it. Haurvata/ and Ame- reta/' shall smite both hunofer and thirst: Haur- vata/ and Amereta/ shall smite the evil hunger and the evil thirst. The evil-doing Angra Mainyu bows and flees, becoming powerless. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... 97. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ^ Cf. § 84. 2 Saoshyaw/. ' Cf. Yt. I, 28. * A name of the Dru_^. ^ See p. 220, note i. ® See p. 297, note 4. ' The Genii of the waters and of the plants (cf. Vend. Introd. iv, 34). ZAMYAD YA^T. 309 I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness ; of the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; of the Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda \ Ashem Vohia : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man ^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Cf §0. 2 Who sacrifices to the kingly Glory. 310 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. XX. VAN ANT VAST.
2hia : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man ^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Cf §0. 2 Who sacrifices to the kingly Glory. 310 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. XX. VAN ANT VAST. This Yast ought to follow immediately after the Tir Yajt, as it is derived from the same Sirozah formula ; the one in which Ti.f- trya is invoked along with Vana«/ and Haptoiriwga (Sirozah, § 13). It is a mere supplement to that Yajt. On Vana«/, see p. 97, note 6. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced 1 . . . . Ashem Vohfi : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thujtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness .... Unto the star Vana;^/, made by Mazda, Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 1. We sacrifice unto the star Vana;//, made by Mazda, the holy and master of holiness. I will sacrifice unto Vanan^, strong, invoked by his own name ^ healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most fiDul Khrafstras ^ of the most abominable Angra Mainyu. 2. Yatha ahij vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the star Vana;//, made by Mazda. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ See p. 13, note 2. ^ The reptiles and other Ahrimanian creatures (Vendidad, Introd. V, 11) which are destroyed by the rain (Bund. VII, 7). ^ Who sacrifices to Vanaw/. YA5'T FRAGMENT. 3 ^ ^ XXI AND XXII. YA^-T FRAGMENTS. These two Yajts or Ya^t fragments are known among the Parsis as the Hadhokht Nask, though their context does not correspond to any part of the description of that Nask as given in the Din- kart (West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 224, note 8). A Pahlavi translation of these Ya^ts has been edited by Haug and West (The Book of Arda Viraf, p. 269 seq.). XXI. YA^'T FRAGMENT. Yajt XXI is a eulogy of the AshemVohu prayer, the value of which rises higher and higher, according as the circumstances under which it is being recited are of greater importance. 1.
3ug and West (The Book of Arda Viraf, p. 269 seq.). XXI. YA^'T FRAGMENT. Yajt XXI is a eulogy of the AshemVohu prayer, the value of which rises higher and higher, according as the circumstances under which it is being recited are of greater importance. 1. Zarathu^tra asked Ahura Mazda: 'O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the mate- rial world, thou Holy One! ' What is the only word in which is contained the glorification of all good things, of all the things that are the offspring of the good principle ?' 2. Ahura Mazda answered : ' It is the praise of Holiness \ O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! 3. ' He who recites the praise of Holiness\ in the fulness of faith and with a devoted heart, praises me, Ahura Mazda ; he praises the waters, he praises the earth, he praises the catde, he praises the plants, he praises all good things made by Mazda, all the things that are the offspring of the good principle. 4. ' For the reciting of that word of truth, O Zarathu^tra ! the pronouncing of that formula, the Ahuna Vairya, increases strength and victory in one's soul and piety. ' Asha: the Ashem Vohu.. C!T2 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. 5. ' For that only recital of the praise of Holiness is worth a hundred khshnaothras of the beings of Holiness \ when delivered while going to sleep, a thousand when delivered after eating, ten thousand when delivered during cohabitation, or any number when delivered in departing this life.' 6. ' What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth ten others in greatness, good- ness, and fairness ? ' 7. Ahura Mazda answered : ' It is that one, O holy Zarathu-ytra ! that a man delivers when eating the gifts of Haurvata/ and Amereta/^ at the same time professing good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, and rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.' 8. ' What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth a hundred others in great- ness, goodness, and fairness ? ' 9. Ahura Mazda answered : 'It is that one, O holy Zarathui'tra ! that a man delivers while drinking of the Haoma strained for the sacrifice, at the same time professing good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, and rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.' 10. 'What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth a thousand others In great- ness, goodness, and fairness ? ' 11. Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is that one, O holy Zarathui-tra ! that a man delivers when starting * A hundred times the formula: 'Be propitiation (khshnao- thra) unto N, . . . , the holy and master of holiness' (cf p.
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